In August this column revealed that the iconic blue boat that stood watch over the Monaro Highway at Colinton between Michelago and Bredbo for more than two decades had been hauled away to Access Metal Recycling, a scrap metal yard in Fyshwick.
Aware of significant sentimental interest in the 7.5-metre vessel, the scrap yard's manager Sam Welsh told this column he was hoping someone would save the boat from being cut up by buying it and "putting it on a dam or lake".
